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    <title>topic Re: idoc in Application Development and Automation Discussions</title>
    <link>https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/idoc/m-p/2568855#M586378</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDOC means Intermediate Document which is used for application data carrier&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;See the doc&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDocs are text encoded documents with a rigid structure that are used to exchange data between R/3 and a foreign system. Instead of calling a program in the destination system directly, the data is first packed into an IDoc and then sent to the receiving system, where it is analyzed and properly processed. Therefore an IDoc data exchange is always an &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;asynchronous process. The significant difference between simple RFC-calls and IDoc data exchange is the fact, that every action performed on IDocs are protocolled by R/3 and IDocs can be reprocessed if an error occurred in one of the message steps. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;While IDocs have to be understood as a data exchange protocol, EDI and ALE are typical use cases for IDocs. R/3 uses IDocs for both EDI and ALE to deliver data to the receiving system. ALE is basically the scheduling mechanism that defines when and between which partners and what kind of data will be exchanged on a regular or event triggered basis. Such a set-up is called an ALE-scenario. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDoc is a intermediate document to exchange data between two SAP Systems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*IDocs are structured ASCII files (or a virtual equivalent). &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*Electronic Interchange Document&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*They are the file format used by SAP R/3 to exchange data with foreign systems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*Data Is transmitted in ASCII format, i.e. human readable form&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*IDocs exchange messages&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*IDocs are used like classical interface files&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDOC types are templates for specific message types depending on what is the business document, you want to exchange.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE30 - you can create a IDOC type.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;An IDOC with data, will have to be triggered by the application that is trying to send out the data.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;FOr testing you can use WE19.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to create idoc?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*WE30 - you can create a IDOC type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For more information in details on the same along with the examples can be viewed on:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm#_Toc8400404" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm#_Toc8400404&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a6620507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a6620507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/presentation.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/presentation.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_search.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_search.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.erpgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.erpgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To Create Idoc we need to follow these steps:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Segment ( WE31)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Idoc Type ( WE30 )&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type ( WE81 )&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Idoc Type to Message Type ( WE82 )&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Creating a Segment&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE31&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the name for your segment type and click on the Create icon&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Type the short text&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the variable names and data elements&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to Edit -&amp;gt; Set Release&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Follow steps to create more number of segments&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create IDOC Type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE30&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the Object Name, select Basic type and click Create icon&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Select the create new option and enter a description for your basic IDOC type and press enter&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Select the IDOC Name and click Create icon&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The system prompts us to enter a segment type and its attributes&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Choose the appropriate values and press Enter&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The system transfers the name of the segment type to the IDOC editor.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Follow these steps to add more number of segments to Parent or as Parent-child relation&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to Edit -&amp;gt; Set release&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE81&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Change the details from Display mode to Change mode&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After selection, the system will give this message &amp;#147;The table is cross-client (see Help for further info)&amp;#148;. Press Enter&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Click New Entries to create new Message Type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Fill details&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Message Type to IDoc Type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE82&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Change the details from Display mode to Change mode&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After selection, the system will give this message &amp;#147;The table is cross-client (see Help for further info)&amp;#148;. Press Enter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Click New Entries to create new Message Type.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Fill details&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check these out..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A class="jive_macro jive_macro_message" href="https://community.sap.com/" __jive_macro_name="message" modifiedtitle="true" __default_attr="2402859"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check below link. It will give the step by step procedure for IDOC creation.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.supinfo-projects.com/cn/2005/idocs_en/2/" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.supinfo-projects.com/cn/2005/idocs_en/2/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;ALE/ IDOC&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.docs" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.docs&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;go trough these links.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;An IDoc is simply a data container that is used to exchange information between any two processes that can understand the syntax and semantics of the data...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1.IDOCs are stored in the database. In the SAP system, IDOCs are stored in database tables. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2.IDOCs are independent of the sending and receiving systems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3.IDOCs are independent of the direction of data exchange.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The two available process for IDOCs are&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Outbound Process&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Inbound Process&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;AND There are basically two types of IDOCs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic IDOCs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic IDOC type defines the structure and format of the business document that is to be exchanged between two systems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Extended IDOCs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Extending the functionality by adding more segments to existing Basic IDOCs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To Create Idoc we need to follow these steps:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Segment ( WE31)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Idoc Type ( WE30)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type ( WE81)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Idoc Type to Message Type ( WE82)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;imp links&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.sap.com/www.sappoint.com" target="test_blank"&gt;www.sappoint.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;--here u can find the ppts and basic seetings for ALE&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://sappoint.com/presentation.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://sappoint.com/presentation.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.sap.com/www.sapgenie.com" target="test_blank"&gt;www.sapgenie.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/ale/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/ale/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; WE30 - you can create a IDOC type.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;An IDOC with data, will have to be triggered by the application that is trying to send out the data.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try this..Hope this will help.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; SAP ALE &amp;amp; IDOC&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Steps to configuration(Basis) &amp;gt;&amp;gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Create Logical System (LS) for each applicable ALE-enabled client &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Link client to Logical System on the respective servers &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Create background user, to be used by ALE(with authorizaton for ALE postings) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4. Create RFC Destinations(SM59) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;5. Ports in Idoc processing(WE21) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;6. Generate partner profiles for sending system &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The functional configuration(Tcode: SALE) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Create a Customer Distribution Model (CDM); &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Add appropriate message types and filters to the CDM; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Generate outbound partner profiles; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Distribute the CDM to the receiving systems; and &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Generate inbound partner profiles on each of the clients. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Steps to customize a new IDoc &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Define IDoc Segment (WE31) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Convert Segments into an IDoc type (WE30) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Create a Message Type (WE81) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4. Create valid Combination of Message &amp;amp; IDoc type(WE82) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;5. Define Processing Code(WE41 for OUT / WE42 for IN) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;6. Define Partner Profile(WE20) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Important Transaction Codes: &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SALE - IMG ALE Configuration root &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE20 - Manually maintain partner profiles &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD64 - Maintain customer distribution model &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD71 - Distribute customer distribution model &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SM59 - Create RFC Destinations &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BDM5 - Consistency check (Transaction scenarios) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD82 - Generate Partner Profiles &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD61 - Activate Change Pointers - Globally &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD50 - Activate Change Pointer for Msg Type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD52 - Activate change pointer per change.doc object &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD59 - Allocation object type -&amp;gt; IDOC type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD56 - Maintain IDOC Segment Filters &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD53 - Reduction of Message Types &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD21 - Select Change Pointer &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD87 - Status Monitor for ALE Messages &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BDM5 - Consistency check (Transaction scenarios) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD62 - Define rules &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD79 - Maintain rules &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD55 - Defining settings for IDoc conversion &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WEDI - ALE IDoc Administration &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE21 - Ports in Idoc processing &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE60 - IDoc documentation &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SARA - IDoc archiving (Object type IDOC) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE47 - IDoc status maintenance &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE07 - IDoc statistics &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BALE - ALE Distribution Administration &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE05 - IDoc overview &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD87 - Inbound IDoc reprocessing &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD88 - Outbound IDoc reprocessing &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BDM2 - IDoc Trace &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BDM7 - IDoc Audit Analysis &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD21 - Create IDocs from change pointers &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SM58 - Schedule RFC Failures &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic config for Distributed data: &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD64: Maintain a Distributed Model &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD82: Generate Partner Profile &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD64: Distribute the distribution Model &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Programs &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDMIDOC &amp;#150; Creating IDoc Type from Change Pointers &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RSEOUT00 &amp;#150; Process all selected IDocs (EDI) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDAPP01 - Inbound Processing of IDocs Ready for Transfer &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RSARFCEX - Execute Calls Not Yet Executed &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDMOIND - Status Conversion with Successful tRFC Execution &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDMANIN - Start error handling for non-posted IDocs &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDSTATE - Send Audit Confirmations &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;FOr testing you can use WE19.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check these links.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.docs" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.docs&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Please check this PDF documents for ALE and IDoc.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEIO/BCMIDALEIO.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEIO/BCMIDALEIO.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEPRO/BCMIDALEPRO.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEPRO/BCMIDALEPRO.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFAALEQS/CABFAALEQS.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFAALEQS/CABFAALEQS.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDISC/CAEDISCAP_STC.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDISC/CAEDISCAP_STC.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDI/CAEDI.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDI/CAEDI.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check below link. It will give the step by step procedure for IDOC creation.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.supinfo-projects.com/cn/2005/idocs_en/2/" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.supinfo-projects.com/cn/2005/idocs_en/2/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Reward points for useful Answers&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anji&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDOC means Intermediate Document which is used for application data carrier&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;See the doc&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDocs are text encoded documents with a rigid structure that are used to exchange data between R/3 and a foreign system. Instead of calling a program in the destination system directly, the data is first packed into an IDoc and then sent to the receiving system, where it is analyzed and properly processed. Therefore an IDoc data exchange is always an &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;asynchronous process. The significant difference between simple RFC-calls and IDoc data exchange is the fact, that every action performed on IDocs are protocolled by R/3 and IDocs can be reprocessed if an error occurred in one of the message steps. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;While IDocs have to be understood as a data exchange protocol, EDI and ALE are typical use cases for IDocs. R/3 uses IDocs for both EDI and ALE to deliver data to the receiving system. ALE is basically the scheduling mechanism that defines when and between which partners and what kind of data will be exchanged on a regular or event triggered basis. Such a set-up is called an ALE-scenario. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDoc is a intermediate document to exchange data between two SAP Systems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*IDocs are structured ASCII files (or a virtual equivalent). &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*Electronic Interchange Document&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*They are the file format used by SAP R/3 to exchange data with foreign systems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*Data Is transmitted in ASCII format, i.e. human readable form&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*IDocs exchange messages&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*IDocs are used like classical interface files&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDOC types are templates for specific message types depending on what is the business document, you want to exchange.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE30 - you can create a IDOC type.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;An IDOC with data, will have to be triggered by the application that is trying to send out the data.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;FOr testing you can use WE19.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;How to create idoc?&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;*WE30 - you can create a IDOC type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For more information in details on the same along with the examples can be viewed on:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm#_Toc8400404" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm#_Toc8400404&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a6620507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a6620507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/presentation.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/presentation.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_search.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_search.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.erpgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.erpgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To Create Idoc we need to follow these steps:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Segment ( WE31)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Idoc Type ( WE30 )&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type ( WE81 )&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Idoc Type to Message Type ( WE82 )&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Creating a Segment&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE31&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the name for your segment type and click on the Create icon&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Type the short text&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the variable names and data elements&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to Edit -&amp;gt; Set Release&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Follow steps to create more number of segments&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create IDOC Type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE30&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the Object Name, select Basic type and click Create icon&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Select the create new option and enter a description for your basic IDOC type and press enter&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Select the IDOC Name and click Create icon&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The system prompts us to enter a segment type and its attributes&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Choose the appropriate values and press Enter&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The system transfers the name of the segment type to the IDOC editor.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Follow these steps to add more number of segments to Parent or as Parent-child relation&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to Edit -&amp;gt; Set release&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE81&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Change the details from Display mode to Change mode&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After selection, the system will give this message &amp;#147;The table is cross-client (see Help for further info)&amp;#148;. Press Enter&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Click New Entries to create new Message Type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Fill details&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Message Type to IDoc Type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE82&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Change the details from Display mode to Change mode&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After selection, the system will give this message &amp;#147;The table is cross-client (see Help for further info)&amp;#148;. Press Enter.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Click New Entries to create new Message Type.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Fill details&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check these out..&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A class="jive_macro jive_macro_message" href="https://community.sap.com/" __jive_macro_name="message" modifiedtitle="true" __default_attr="2402859"&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check below link. It will give the step by step procedure for IDOC creation.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.supinfo-projects.com/cn/2005/idocs_en/2/" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.supinfo-projects.com/cn/2005/idocs_en/2/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;ALE/ IDOC&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.docs" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.docs&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;go trough these links.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;An IDoc is simply a data container that is used to exchange information between any two processes that can understand the syntax and semantics of the data...&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1.IDOCs are stored in the database. In the SAP system, IDOCs are stored in database tables. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2.IDOCs are independent of the sending and receiving systems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3.IDOCs are independent of the direction of data exchange.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The two available process for IDOCs are&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Outbound Process&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Inbound Process&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;AND There are basically two types of IDOCs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic IDOCs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic IDOC type defines the structure and format of the business document that is to be exchanged between two systems.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Extended IDOCs&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Extending the functionality by adding more segments to existing Basic IDOCs.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To Create Idoc we need to follow these steps:&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Segment ( WE31)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Idoc Type ( WE30)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type ( WE81)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Idoc Type to Message Type ( WE82)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;imp links&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.sap.com/www.sappoint.com" target="test_blank"&gt;www.sappoint.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;--here u can find the ppts and basic seetings for ALE&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://sappoint.com/presentation.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://sappoint.com/presentation.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.sap.com/www.sapgenie.com" target="test_blank"&gt;www.sapgenie.com&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/ale/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/ale/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; WE30 - you can create a IDOC type.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;An IDOC with data, will have to be triggered by the application that is trying to send out the data.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Try this..Hope this will help.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; SAP ALE &amp;amp; IDOC&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt;&amp;lt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Steps to configuration(Basis) &amp;gt;&amp;gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Create Logical System (LS) for each applicable ALE-enabled client &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Link client to Logical System on the respective servers &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Create background user, to be used by ALE(with authorizaton for ALE postings) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4. Create RFC Destinations(SM59) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;5. Ports in Idoc processing(WE21) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;6. Generate partner profiles for sending system &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The functional configuration(Tcode: SALE) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Create a Customer Distribution Model (CDM); &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Add appropriate message types and filters to the CDM; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Generate outbound partner profiles; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Distribute the CDM to the receiving systems; and &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;#149; Generate inbound partner profiles on each of the clients. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Steps to customize a new IDoc &amp;gt;&amp;gt;&amp;gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;1. Define IDoc Segment (WE31) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;2. Convert Segments into an IDoc type (WE30) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;3. Create a Message Type (WE81) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;4. Create valid Combination of Message &amp;amp; IDoc type(WE82) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;5. Define Processing Code(WE41 for OUT / WE42 for IN) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;6. Define Partner Profile(WE20) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Important Transaction Codes: &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SALE - IMG ALE Configuration root &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE20 - Manually maintain partner profiles &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD64 - Maintain customer distribution model &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD71 - Distribute customer distribution model &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SM59 - Create RFC Destinations &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BDM5 - Consistency check (Transaction scenarios) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD82 - Generate Partner Profiles &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD61 - Activate Change Pointers - Globally &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD50 - Activate Change Pointer for Msg Type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD52 - Activate change pointer per change.doc object &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD59 - Allocation object type -&amp;gt; IDOC type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD56 - Maintain IDOC Segment Filters &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD53 - Reduction of Message Types &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD21 - Select Change Pointer &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD87 - Status Monitor for ALE Messages &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BDM5 - Consistency check (Transaction scenarios) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD62 - Define rules &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD79 - Maintain rules &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD55 - Defining settings for IDoc conversion &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WEDI - ALE IDoc Administration &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE21 - Ports in Idoc processing &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE60 - IDoc documentation &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SARA - IDoc archiving (Object type IDOC) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE47 - IDoc status maintenance &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE07 - IDoc statistics &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BALE - ALE Distribution Administration &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;WE05 - IDoc overview &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD87 - Inbound IDoc reprocessing &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD88 - Outbound IDoc reprocessing &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BDM2 - IDoc Trace &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BDM7 - IDoc Audit Analysis &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD21 - Create IDocs from change pointers &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;SM58 - Schedule RFC Failures &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic config for Distributed data: &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD64: Maintain a Distributed Model &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD82: Generate Partner Profile &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;BD64: Distribute the distribution Model &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Programs &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDMIDOC &amp;#150; Creating IDoc Type from Change Pointers &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RSEOUT00 &amp;#150; Process all selected IDocs (EDI) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDAPP01 - Inbound Processing of IDocs Ready for Transfer &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RSARFCEX - Execute Calls Not Yet Executed &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDMOIND - Status Conversion with Successful tRFC Execution &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDMANIN - Start error handling for non-posted IDocs &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;RBDSTATE - Send Audit Confirmations &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;FOr testing you can use WE19.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check these links.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" 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target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/idoc_abap.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/0b/2a60bb507d11d18ee90000e8366fc2/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2005/helpdata/en/78/217da751ce11d189570000e829fbbd/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.docs" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.docs&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Please check this PDF documents for ALE and IDoc.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap/ale2.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEIO/BCMIDALEIO.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEIO/BCMIDALEIO.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEPRO/BCMIDALEPRO.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEPRO/BCMIDALEPRO.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFAALEQS/CABFAALEQS.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFAALEQS/CABFAALEQS.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDISC/CAEDISCAP_STC.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDISC/CAEDISCAP_STC.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDI/CAEDI.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDI/CAEDI.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Check below link. It will give the step by step procedure for IDOC creation.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.supinfo-projects.com/cn/2005/idocs_en/2/" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.supinfo-projects.com/cn/2005/idocs_en/2/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt; &amp;lt;b&amp;gt;Reward points for useful Answers&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Anji&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:48:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/idoc/m-p/2568855#M586378</guid>
      <dc:creator>Former Member</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2007-07-31T11:48:12Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: idoc</title>
      <link>https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/idoc/m-p/2568856#M586379</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;what is idoc??&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDoc (for intermediate document) is a standard data structure for electronic data interchange (EDI) between application programs written for the popular SAP business system or between an SAP application and an external program. IDocs serve as the vehicle for data transfer in SAP's Application Link Enabling (ALE) system.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;How to use Idoc?&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Receiving System(Inbound ALE )&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Idoc type &amp;#150; Transaction WE30.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Idoc type Idoc segments&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Z_idoc&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type &amp;#150; Transaction WE81.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Message type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;z_msg&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Message Type to Idoc type &amp;#150; Transaction WE82.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Idoc type Message type&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;z_idoc z_msg&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create a function module through SE37&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;z_idoc_input&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign characteristic of function module BD51&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign fn module to Idoc type and Message Type WE57&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Idoc type Message type Fn Module&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;z_idoc z_msg z_idoc_input&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Inbound process code and assign inbound function module &amp;#150; Transaction WE42.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Process code Inbound function module&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;zcode z_idoc_input&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create a distribution Model - Transaction BD64&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create distribution model for distribution of messages&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;with the message type of z_msg&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Update inbound parameters of the Partner profile &amp;#150; Transaction WE20&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For the Logical system A for the above message type update the partner profile&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;inbound parameter and specify the process code of zcode.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;For Outbound ALE Configurations: (Example)&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDoc definitions and necessary ALE configurations settings for the outbound .&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Idoc segments &amp;#150; Transaction WE31.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Idoc type &amp;#150; Transaction WE30.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type &amp;#150; Transaction WE81.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Message Type to Idoc type &amp;#150; Transaction WE82.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create a distribution Model - Transaction BD64&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;When to us idoc?&amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;IDocs are used for asynchronous transactions: each IDoc generated exists as a self-contained text file that can then be transmitted to the requesting workstation without connecting to the central database.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;lt;b&amp;gt;plz reward points if helpful &amp;lt;/b&amp;gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:50:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2007-07-31T11:50:47Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: idoc</title>
      <link>https://community.sap.com/t5/application-development-and-automation-discussions/idoc/m-p/2568857#M586380</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P&gt;Hi,&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;  check it out&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;There are basically two types of IDOCs. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic IDOCs &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Extended IDOCs &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Idoc Components &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic Idoc &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Basic IDOC type defines the structure and format of the business document that is to be exchanged between two systems. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Extension Idoc &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Extending the functionality by adding more segments to existing Basic IDOCs. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Creation of IDoc &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;To Create Idoc we need to follow these steps: &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Segment ( WE31) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Idoc Type ( WE30) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type ( WE81) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Idoc Type to Message Type ( WE82) &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Creating a Segment &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE31 &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the name for your segment type and click on the Create icon &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Type the short text &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the variable names and data elements &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to Edit -&amp;gt; Set Release &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Follow steps to create more number of segments &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create IDOC Type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE30 &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Enter the Object Name, select Basic type and click Create icon &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Select the create new option and enter a description for your basic IDOC type and press enter &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Select the IDOC Name and click Create icon &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The system prompts us to enter a segment type and its attributes &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Choose the appropriate values and press Enter &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The system transfers the name of the segment type to the IDOC editor. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create IDOC Type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Follow these steps to add more number of segments to Parent or as Parent-child relation &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to Edit -&amp;gt; Set release &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Create Message Type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE81 &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Change the details from Display mode to Change mode &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After selection, the system will give this message &amp;#147;The table is cross-client (see Help for further info)&amp;#148;. Press Enter &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Click New Entries to create new Message Type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Fill details &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Assign Message Type to IDoc Type &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Go to transaction code WE82 &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Change the details from Display mode to Change mode &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;After selection, the system will give this message &amp;#147;The table is cross-client (see Help for further info)&amp;#148;. Press Enter. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Click New Entries to create new Message Type. &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Fill details &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Save it and go back &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;u can also check all these links related to idocs &lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/idoc_sample.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.allsaplinks.com/" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.allsaplinks.com/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sap-img.com/" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sap-img.com/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sappoint.com/abap.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEIO/BCMIDALEIO.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEIO/BCMIDALEIO.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEPRO/BCMIDALEPRO.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCMIDALEPRO/BCMIDALEPRO.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFAALEQS/CABFAALEQS.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/CABFAALEQS/CABFAALEQS.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDISC/CAEDISCAP_STC.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDISC/CAEDISCAP_STC.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDI/CAEDI.pdf" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/en/data/pdf/BCSRVEDI/CAEDI.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/dc/6b835943d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/content.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapgenie/docs/ale_scenario_development_procedure.doc&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419" target="test_blank"&gt;http://edocs.bea.com/elink/adapter/r3/userhtm/ale.htm#1008419&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.netweaverguru.com/EDI/HTML/IDocBook.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://www.sapgenie.com/sapedi/index.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseCategory/0,295197,sid63_tax296858_idx0_off50,00.html" target="test_blank"&gt;http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseCategory/0,295197,sid63_tax296858_idx0_off50,00.html&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://sap.ittoolbox.com/documents/popular-q-and-a/extending-a-basic-idoc-type-2358" target="test_blank"&gt;http://sap.ittoolbox.com/documents/popular-q-and-a/extending-a-basic-idoc-type-2358&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/dc/6b7eee43d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/frameset.htm" target="test_blank"&gt;http://help.sap.com/saphelp_47x200/helpdata/en/dc/6b7eee43d711d1893e0000e8323c4f/frameset.htm&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Regards&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:02:23 GMT</pubDate>
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